need help on design problem: character sheet

TheDespaxas

TheDespaxas

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I'm working on a spin off of a manwa, The Gamer

the original comic is awesome and i would advise anyone who hasn't read it already to go binge read it on webtoons.


it had been pointed that just listing the changes of stats would be confusing for the reader so i though of adding a picture of the character sheet.

the original looks like that

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is there an easy way to make something that looks like that but where i can edit the text. and fill and deplete the hp/mp bars?
it would also need either the last sat to be LIB or to have this stat underneath.

if anyone knows a way to do it I would be happy to know it.

and if someone was extra nice to actualy do it for me I would be willing to repay him in chapters ( given that it has become a curency here recently)
 
TheDespaxas said:
is there an easy way to make something that looks like that but where i can edit the text. and fill and deplete the hp/mp bars?
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Build that with markdown for a game story? (I think, there is a way to do that (or parts of it), though it would be some work to do.)
 
not for a game mode story do it on a website or free software where i can edit things and add a screenshot to the story

i could probably do something that looks relatively close to that in paint but i suck at it and it would look awful (i know from exerience) also i don't know how easy it would be to edit once it is a paint file.
 
So the arrows wouldn't be necessary and it is for a non-game story?

What about doing that in as spreadsheet and making screenshots of it?
 
I did a quick draft with LibreOffice
See here.

The top left part are the fields to define the data
The bottom right part will be filled with the data automatically. The progress bar appears like that, using the second value behind HP and MP.
If you maximize that window you could use IrfanView's screenshot function to always get the same part of the screen without cutting.
 
Yes exactly.

I thought about the spreadsheet but I still have to figure a way to make it look less blocky and put a background of a less unified color. I thought of the spreadsheet for the bars lots of small columns colored either blue red or the background color.
 
gene.sis said:
I did a quick draft with LibreOffice
See here.

The top left part are the fields to define the data
The bottom right part will be filled with the data automatically. The progress bar appears like that, using the second value behind HP and MP.
If you maximize that window you could use IrfanView's screenshot function to always get the same part of the screen without cutting.
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It looks OK, once I can look at it on my pc It try to adjust it thx a lot.
 
If that doesn't work yell at me and I might be able to make a template for it in paint.
Just need to know what parts you want to use.
 
RicoLouis said:
If that doesn't work yell at me and I might be able to make a template for it in paint.
Just need to know what parts you want to use.
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i need to be able to change all the text to show other charaters stats later in the story, also I have another name for the character
i'd like a xp 246/600 line under the lvl

for the stats i am not yet sure i use slightly diferent names for it and i'm not sure to add LIB or replace LUK with it but i need charisma there ( CHA)

STR
AGI
END
WIS
INT
CHA
LIB

I don't need the arrows but the parentesis with (+0) that genesis are cool.

i still don't now how he did the thing withe bars though, maybe a bar for xp too in purple

the money should be in dollar and maybe a square as high as that on the right to list the skills


edit: seriously gen.sis how the hell did you do the bars are they functional ?
 
TheDespaxas said:
edit: seriously gen.sis how the hell did you do the bars are they functional ?
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yeah, the bars are functional :D
Do you have LibreOffice?

It wasn't possible to do them in OpenOffice but the current version of LibreOffice (I think that should be also possible and maybe easier with Excel)
Was made with conditional formatting - data bars
choose the merged cell which should contain the bar
Format - Conditional Formatting - Data Bar...
Condition 1
Code: 
All Cells       Data Bar
Formula                             Formula
=0                                  =C1
More Options...
Bar Colors: Positive (the color of the bar)
Fill Color

Bar Lengths -> check Display bar only (this disables the number in the field, as it could be difficult to read when black on a red background or white on a light background)
(if you change the max of the bar on C1 you also have to change B1 to update the bar)

Formula for parentheses part
="(+"&C5&")"

TheDespaxas said:
i still don't now how he did the thing withe bars though, maybe a bar for xp too in purple
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Would be possible as well.
 
i just downloaded it, i think i'll wait for the weekend to put my nose in this. not something i want to spend a night working on.
 
Okay. Did it long ways so it can fit better at the top of the page without creating a large blank space. Used Gabriola (14 size / Bold) font to copy the look of the text. Used simple colors for easy editing of the bars. If you zoom in under paint you can see little dashes above the bars with each one representing five percent. right now they are set at 95% to show the darker bar that would represent depletion of the stat.

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RicoLouis said:
Okay. Did it long ways so it can fit better at the top of the page without creating a large blank space. Used Gabriola (14 size / Bold) font to copy the look of the text. Used simple colors for easy editing of the bars. If you zoom in under paint you can see little dashes above the bars with each one representing five percent. right now they are set at 95% to show the darker bar that would represent depletion of the stat.

2rpv6mx.png
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it looks very nice but i think it will easier to update if i manage to do the thing on a spread sheet, i don't see myself go fiddle with things on paint every chapter i need it.

thanks a lot though, i'll think about it tommorow and work on it saturday
 
so i spent half an hour fooling around in paint, which is less messy than what I wrote might imply.


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this is what the first character sheet at the start of the story should look like. and once I clean up a few stray pixels i might use it. the black frame around is not needed

the question is : is it possible to duplicate that while keeping it editable using the Libreoffice software. i installed it but it looks like excel without the slight familiarity i have with it.

Gene.sis it is the curse of gifted people. i read what you gave me but between the language barrier and the fact i'm not really good at stuff like that all i get from it is a slight headache.
 
TheDespaxas said:
the question is : is it possible to duplicate that while keeping it editable using the Libreoffice software.
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yes.

TheDespaxas said:
i installed it but it looks like excel without the slight familiarity i have with it.
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I think Excel has more options to create conditional stuff and bars and seems to be more intuitive in regards to that features.
The reason that I tried it in LibreOffice was that I don't have an Excel version at home.
 
gene.sis said:
yes.


I think Excel has more options to create conditional stuff and bars and seems to be more intuitive in regards to that features.
The reason that I tried it in LibreOffice was that I don't have an Excel version at home.
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just the same i use a bit of excel at work but really simple stuff

i'm trying to look at it right now , i just wanted to see what it should look like first so i can use the picture as a template
 
considering this awesome guy above me solved my problem completely the thread can be closed at the Mods convenience.
 
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